Paulonas,25772577 Flourished 370. the Presbyter, disciple of the
blessed deacon Ephraim a man of very energetic character and learned in
the holy scriptures was distinguished among the doctors of the church
while his master was still living and especially as an extemporaneous
orator. After the death of his master, overcome by love of reputation,
separating himself from the church, he wrote many things opposed to the
faith. The blessed Ephraim when on the point of death is reported to
have said to him as he stood by his side—See to it, Paulonas that
you do not yield yourself to your own ideas, but when you shall think
that you understand God wholly, believe that you have not
known,—for he felt beforehand from the studies or the words of
Paulonus, that he was investigating new things, and was stretching out
his mind to the illimitable, whence also he frequently called him the
new Bardesanes.